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Would get this to SLI with my current, but 1.25GB is just not enough memory to warrant SLI.

At 19x12 current and upcoming games (farcry 3, crysis 3) that can use the power will definitely want more memory

true that...1.5gb is probably the minimum most should go these days when it comes to VRAM...although you can get away with 1.25gb as long as you turn down certain settings....but yeah, might want to hold off on SLI....holiday sales might have a sweet deal on a 660Ti with 2gb of VRAM....which would be awesome at 1920x1200

What wattage is the PSU you guys are using? I'm reading the reviews and it looks like this card is a serious power hog with people having issues with the gpu when they're using 650 watts or so. One reviewer says you need at least 800 watts to prevent problems.

Yeah, I had issues with mine at 650w. Swapped out an for older but higher quality 750w and it worked just fine.

Edit: For what it's worth (and to combat the other comments in this thread dubious of the power needs of this card), that was driving an Phenom II 955, 8GB RAM, two 7200rpm HDDs, one SSD, and a few fans. I was doubtful that it was the video card too, so I tried upgrading to a more power conservative Ivy Bridge CPU and taking out an HDD, but it ended up being the GPU. I was probably just dealing with a kinda crappy PSU, but I would give this card plenty of overhead to be safe.

So I got a 4850 right now.... will this card blow my 4850 like no tomorrow, through the roof, under the sea, over and sideways into a whole new world?

and then some...

4 tiers difference between those 2 cards - HUGE!
This card would not "blow" the 4850, as technology is not yet advanced enough for that type of scenario to exist for most people.
However, it would blow it away without even lifting a finger.

I'd highly recommend people stay away from this card and MSI in general. I bought this video card 6 months ago, it was dead in 2 months. First RMA'd card worked for 2 weeks before the same thing happened again,. and the third card only lasted 5 days before it crapped out as well. I'm pretty much SOL now and I'm done going back and forth with MSI regarding it, but I hope others will really think long and hard before pulling the trigger on this card.

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